A GRIEVING mother has spoken of the moment she realised that her baby boy had died in his sleep. Speaking at an inquest in Stourport-on-Severn, Julie Howard said Logan Howard-Parkinson, who was born prematurely, was “the perfect baby”.
A PRIMARY school teacher says she could have been thrown off her frightened horse after racing cyclists sped past her. Karen Nicholls was riding her horse Jack along Bell Lane, Lower Broadheath, near Worcester, when the animal was spooked by cyclists
WORCESTERSHIRE and Herefordshire welcome back Pershore winger Stef Ellis for the RLF North Midlands Championship final with defending champions Shropshire at Stourbridge tomorrow night (7.30). Dudley Kingswinford centre Rees Pritchard and Old Halesonians
VESTA, SWAN THEATRE, WORCESTER WRITER and director Chris Jaeger assured us that it was pure coincidence that his tribute to Worcester’s very own Vesta Tilley was premiering on her birthday and we’re naturally more than happy to take his word for
A man has been flown to hospital after falling from a roof. The man, believed to be carrying out building work, fell from the roof of the one storey building. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a property off Burnthorne Lane
WORCESTER City will play in Blue Square Bet North next season after gaining a reprieve from relegation. The St George’s Lane club finished third from bottom following a torrid season in Blue Square South but, as expected, will not be demoted. Farsley
DARYL Mitchell helped Worcestershire put their one-day woes behind them with a superb century on the opening day of the LV= County Championship Division Two match with Derbyshire at New Road. In a game where the New Road side were without their leading
A MAN who pretended to be his brother to avoid being arrested was caught out because he didn’t have a tattoo. Blaire Arnold, aged 41, of the Glade, Malvern, gave his brother’s name to police after they caught him driving while being disqualified
ARROW 2000 retained their Worcester Sunday League Premier Division title in style with a 7-0 drubbing of Westbury Celtic Reserves. Mike Hartshorn scored twice for the champions with Lee Seldon, Lewis Pinches, Daniel Harding-Hall, Chris Doyle and Scott
WORCESTER’S Green Party has blamed Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg on their poor performance in the general and city council elections. At a time when the Greens won their first seat in the House of Commons – leader Caroline
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers goal poacher Brian Smikle has signed for Cheltenham Town. The 24-year-old winger, who netted 12 times in the Blue Square Premier this season, has agreed a one-year deal with the League Two side. His departure to Whaddon Road sees
WORCESTER’S family jewellers WH Peplow in High Street has opened a new modern and contemporary store called g6 Jewellery, just around the corner in Pump Street. The shop will commemorate the sixth generation of Peplow in the business, which was
VILLAGERS celebrated the opening of a new community pavilion. Budding sports stars now have their own purpose-built facility in Welland, near Malvern. Welland pre-school and Welland Junior Football Club will use the pavilion, which will also be a meeting
RESIDENTS have been invited to meet their local policing team. People in Warndon can come and meet their team during a community open day at Fairfield Neighbourhood Learning Centre, between 2pm and 5pm tomorrow, Tuesday, May 18. As well
LIBRARIES in Worcester will soon be opening their doors for an extra 34 hours a week. Worcestershire County Council’s libraries and learning team is revising opening times for 20 of its libraries, including extra hours for the main Worcester Library
DAREDEVILS raised cash for research into diabetes and Brownies celebrated 100 years of Girlguiding at the weekend. About 20 people signed up to abseil from the dizzying heights of Debenhams in Worcester High Street on Saturday to raise money
CHILDREN in Herefordshire are being encouraged to read six books this summer. Herefordshire Council’s libraries have launched their 12th annual summer reading challenge under the theme Space Hop – to mark last year’s 40th anniversary of the lunar
CHARLIE Crowther had no need to go to war. As the booming guns of the First World War spread blood and gore across Europe in a hellish nightmare, he could have been safe at home in Worcestershire in a well-paid job with a loving family and four
TWO teams from Nunnery Wood Colts enjoyed success in the Weymouth Classic Tournament. The Scorpions under nines added to their growing trophy cabinet, going unbeaten over the four games against teams from Wales, Coventry and London.
WARNDON Villages Sharks produced a grandstand finish to the season with a 4-1 win at cup winners Bewdley Town in the Stourport Youth League. The under 12s league champions played their best football of the campaign with wingers Matt Sowden
A MAN has been taken to hospital after a collision on a busy Worcestershire road. The man, in his 30s, was taken to the Worcestershire Royal Hospital with neck pain after the accident. Emergency services were called to the scene just before 9am this
SPRING is a wonderful time of year for wild flowers, and western Worcestershire is one of the best places to enjoy them in profusion. There are two particularly beautiful meadows on this walk, where flowers such as bluebell, bugle, primrose, cowslip
Stumps Worcestershire (1st inns) Mitchell b Peterson 148 Jaques b Lungley 92 Solanki run out 42 Kervezee not out 66 Cameron not out 2 Total 376 (for 3) 96 overs FoW: 1-167, 2-243, 3-357
ACOUNTRY garden bestknown for its dazzling snowdrop display early in the year is opening its gates to the public to prove it truly is a garden for all seasons. The three-quarters of an acre at Dial Park, Chaddesley Corbett, near Kidderminster
THE haunting notes of a hunting horn echoed around the village church of St Edmund at Stoulton, near Pershore, yesterday as a packed congregation said goodbye to John Day, popular huntsman of the Croome and West Warwickshire Foxhounds for 20
THE foundation stone has been laid and thousands of trees planted for a new monastery near Worcester. Up to 11 monks and nuns hope to have moved into their new home, which is being built on the site of an old farmhouse, by October. The
FORMER Worcester GP Dr Richard Newland probably had the smallest stable at this year’s Aintree Grand National Festival. For that reason victory was even more sweet when Silver Adonis, ridden by Tom Weston of Droitwich, romped home to win the
●IT’S got the best views in Worcester, even if the future King Charles II might have begged to differ as he surveyed the carnage on that fateful September day in 1651. But defeated royals apart, thousands of people down the centuries will have
HERE’S an open letter to New Labour following their recent electoral meltdown. You have been severely punished because of your inability to control the financial institutions, the ensuing loss of jobs, the erosion of occupational pensions through
INCHING its way down a hot and dusty road on the Greek island of Kefalonia, our tour bus rounded a corner and drew to a halt besides an overgrown cemetery. I got off the vehicle and decided to explore. What a sad little backwater this turned
FORMER Worcestershire opener Stephen Moore hopes that Moeen Ali is finally living up to the potential he possesses. The South African-born England Lion left New Road last summer to join Lancashire but he has kept a close eye on what is happening at the
A HEROIN addict who stole from a shop has had an incredibly sad life, said the man’s solicitor. Paul Scriven, aged 32, of Hill Street, off Tallow Hill, Worcester, admitted stealing two bottles of Hugo Boss fragrance from Superdrug when he appeared before
SIR – My husband and I would like to thank John Banner and John Reynolds and families for a memorable evening at the St George’s Day charity concert at St Clement’s Church. JB and JR have done seven St George’s Day charity concerts. We have
SIR – Re: St John’s Library. Am I alone in being horrified by the look of it? The building itself looks lovely after all the work on it, but has been ruined by the cream rendered wall and the Perspex-covered, cream metal poles running around the ramp
BEAUTIFUL: Dave Stephens of Eckington, Pershore, sent in this photo of bluebells in Tiddesley Wood, near Pershore.
SIR – The good news is a hung parliament, the bad news is the thieving shysters were not drawn and quartered. Dream on. FRANK BASTABLE Worcester
SIR – Listening to political commentators one would think the British electorate had deliberately voted for a hung parliament. Was there a space on the ballot paper for “Hung Parliament”? What the majority of us did not vote for was the Liberal-Conservative
SIR – In the war, when we needed the best parliament possible, we had a coalition. In the present circumstances I feel such a government would be a good thing. The country needs someone such as Nick Clegg to bring in fresh ideas. I wish him well. I do
SIR – Why are we told to disapprove of a hung parliament, without trying it? The three main political parties each have worthwhile ideas which together produce fairer governance. A mixed majority is fine, but a pure democracy is best, if ideas are
SIR – Lauren Rogers is quite entitled to say what she likes about my production of Oklahoma! at Malvern Theatres, but it gives no faith in her judgement that she credits the writing of the show to Gilbert and Sullivan (British, Victoria operetta writers
SIR – The National Lottery Fund has recently refurbished St John’s Library, for which I and huge numbers of users are deeply grateful. There is, however, a growing concern regarding the overwhelming cream wall outside which the architect, in their misguided
A man who escaped an arson attack which killed his stepfather has admitted assault and resisting a police officer. Shaun Perkins said he had turned to drugs following the murder of his stepfather Richard Perkins which had left him in “a real mess”.
A CHARITY that provides a lifeline to soldiers and their families for a lifetime has been relaunched in Worcester. The Army Benevolent Fund was relaunched as ABF The Soldiers’ Charity at Worcester’s Guildhall. It has been renamed so it better describes
WHEN one of the worst kept secrets at Worcestershire last year was finally comfirmed, many at New Road wondered just who would replace Steve Davies. Director of cricket Steve Rhodes had already announced that second XI wicketkeeper Josh Knappett
AN EVESHAM man has been arrested after a car crashed into a shop, killing a 15-year-old boy. A 28-year-old man from the town was arrested following the crash on Saturday which also injured three other people. Ambulances were called to Cape Hill in
JAMES Cameron is set to make his first-class debut for Worcestershire after Moeen Ali was called up to the England Lions squad last week. With Moeen missing, director of cricket Steve Rhodes is likely to turn to his Zimbabwe-born all-rounder
